# Matt Shaheen

Matt Shaheen is a Republican member of the Texas House for district 66.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Texas House, district 66
- Serving since: 2015-01-13
- Current term: TX 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/71555c46-28b0-4887-98a1-997dc7482e75

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/71555c46-28b0-4887-98a1-997dc7482e75 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

19% of Shaheen’s statements use an extreme label, 13.3 times the State House Republican average of 1.4%.

## What Shaheen says (TX 2025–26 session)

1,051 classified statements: 1,051 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Shaheen | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.0% | 2.9% | 129 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.1% | 9.3% | 375 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 31.9% | 31.9% | 374 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.4% | 1.8% | 519 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 13.1% | 12.7% | 324 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 19.2% | 1.4% | 4 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 22% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 16% (State House Republicans 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State House Republicans 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 16% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Immigration 13% (State House Republicans 4.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.64 (standard error 0.01), from 595 donors and 848 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TX 2025–26 session)

3,701 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Texas House 93.1%). Party unity 89% (85%). 477 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · adopt the conference committee report on SB 5. · SB 5 Relating to making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and preparedness and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding those… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB5/
- 2025-09-03 · voted nay · passage · HB 8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB8/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 20. · HB 20 Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB20/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · passage · SB 1 Relating to campground and youth camp safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB1/
- 2025-09-03 · voted yea · concur in the senate amendments to HB 1. · HB 1 Relating to youth camp emergency plans and preparedness; authorizing penalties. · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB1/
- 2025-09-02 · voted yea · passage · SB 54 Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/
- 2025-09-02 · voted yea · passage · HB 18 Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature… · pass · https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/

## Legislation (TX 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 98 bills: 95 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 92. 35.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Texas House 48.5%; rank 115 of 145).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 29: Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration… (in committee, 2025-08-28) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB29/
- SB 54: Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB54/
- HB 18: Relating to a restriction on the acceptance of political contributions and the making of certain political expenditures by a member of the legislature and… (became law, 2025-09-17) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB18/
- HB 229: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB229/
- HJR 1: Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this… (passed one chamber, 2025-08-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HJR1/
- HB 159: Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students and… (in committee, 2025-08-20) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB159/
- HB 157: Relating to powers of regional transportation authorities. (introduced, 2025-08-15) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB157/
- SB 12: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. (became law, 2025-09-19) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/SB12/
- HB 158: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. (in committee, 2025-08-18) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB158/
- HB 12: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. (in committee, 2025-08-26) https://openstates.org/tx/bills/892/HB12/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $244.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2114151959506854247
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2114392713991000504
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2114008070422503675
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2114076979762962605
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2114112246632665545
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2113705103266058517
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2113746173269778470
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2113402165180154093
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2112903982515417379
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mattshaheen/status/2113004083154194813

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=66
- Campaign site: https://mattshaheen.com/meet-matt
- X: https://x.com/mattshaheen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattshaheentexas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattshaheengop/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1LFWcSc4n9o1v3NFYIEt3w
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-shaheen-864029204/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/71555c46-28b0-4887-98a1-997dc7482e75